Wearable personal emergency needs device

ABSTRACT

A wearable device with pockets, straps and other attaching apparatus which hold rescue devices, first aid devices and supplies, survival devices and supplies, and a recovery data storage system so individuals can endure and recover from dire circumstance.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,862,916, issuedJan. 26, 1999, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,361,412, issuedNov. 8, 1994, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,195,187, issuedMar. 23, 1993, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,127,565, issuedJul. 7, 1992, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,075,900, issuedDec. 31, 1991, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,014,359, issuedMay 14, 1991, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 4,669,127, issuedJun. 2, 1987, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 4,637,075, issuedJan. 20, 1987, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 4,421,459, issuedDec. 20, 1983, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 4,041,549, issuedAug. 16, 1977, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 3,885,248, issuedMay 27, 1975, included by reference herein.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to protecting persons and their personalinformation and, more particularly, to disaster or emergency relief andrecovery needs.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In dire circumstance, people historically needed ready access toemergency devices and supplies in a portable format. Common disasterdevices primarily focused on three basic components. Rescue, first aid,and survival have long been the three most important elements whenpeople were faced with dire circumstance.

Today's society is heavily data dependent. Individuals collect vitaldata of many kinds over their entire lives. This data is highlyimportant, valuable, and personal to each individual. Personal birthrecords, citizenship, credit, marriage and divorce, children and familybirth and death records, wills and trusts, passport, voter registration,insurance, social security, medical, education, real and personalproperty, professional and personal affiliations, financial and bankingare examples of the type data specific to each person. All of anindividual's personal data can be lost in an emergency or disaster.House fire, tornado, hurricane or other violent weather event, act ofterrorism, industrial accident, earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruptionor other unexpected events can destroy all data in a person'spossession. Individuals need a device for protecting this data duringsuch unforeseen events so they can recover from dire circumstance.Modern emergency means need to include four basic components; rescue,first aid, survival and recovery.

For portability, emergency devices and supplies are often assembled inthe form of a wearable garment. Different types of wearable survival oremergency preparedness garments are most commonly in the form of vests.Many of these vests has been developed or designed for a specificpurpose instead of a general survival or emergency nature. There aresurvival vests for aviators, hunting, fishing, tactical and weaponry.These vests include pockets, straps and other attaching devices for foodsupplies, first aid devices, rescue apparatus and ammunition.

Existing survival or rescue vests have pockets for emergency devices andsupplies along with equipment specific to the intended user. Aviatorvests may contain maps, a compass or signaling devices. Fishing vestsmay contain tackle or fish cleaning implements. Vests for hunters maycontain devices for dealing with game of a specific type such as birds,deer or larger beasts. In these user-specific vests, any survival oremergency equipment is usually minimal and adequate only for situationscommon to that particular activity.

Current wearable emergency devices do not have provisions for storingpersonal data so do not address the recovery element that comes intoplay post dire circumstance. Rescue devices aid the individual inimmediately dealing with the dire circumstance that has befallen them,such as a flotation device for flooding or rain protection duringstorms. First aid devices and supplies render basic life savingcapability and the ability to deal with injuries sustained duringviolent events. Survival devices and supplies contain water and foodsupplies so the individual can be sustained after a violent event.Current emergency devices and supplies give little or no considerationto the individual recovering from dire circumstance so to re-enter themodern data-driven environment of today's society.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a wearablepersonal emergency needs device with pockets, straps or other attachingdevices containing rescue, first aid, survival and data recoveryelements for an individual.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a wearablepersonal emergency needs device garment containing pockets, straps orother attaching devices for securing rescue, first aid, survival anddata recovery elements. The garment can be in the form of a vest,poncho, coat, shirt, chaps, pants, bandolier or any other form suitableto the human shape. The rescue, first aid and survival elements arethose commonly found in existing devices. The data recovery element is asystem including one or more written forms, photographic forms,electronic forms, video forms or any other means capable of recordingdata. The data recovery system is capable of enduring hardshipsencountered during disaster or other emergency circumstances such aswater, fire, debris, dirt, moisture, light, heat, cold or any natural ormanmade situations. The recovery data storage system is fire resistant.

Rescue elements are those devices designed to overcome surroundings andsummon help to the individual such as whistles, reflective surfaces,flotation devices, climbing gear, communication devices, or cuttingtools. First aid elements are those devices and supplies for treatmentof physical injury such as bandages, antiseptics, pain relievers,antivenin, or first aid instructions. Survival elements are thosedevices and supplies necessary to sustain life over time such as food,water, prescription medicines or shelter.

Rescue, first aid and survival elements can all be shared with otherindividuals in the event of a disaster of other emergency circumstance.Data can not be shared so others might use it as their own. It ispersonal and specific to each individual. After a disaster of otheremergency circumstance, the recovery data system of the wearable deviceof the present invention allows the individual to recover and restarttheir life and is therefore as important a component as the rescue,first aid or survival components. Individuals will have all of thenecessary data to deal with recovering any aspect of their modernlifestyle even if displaced from their original home, town, county orstate.

A compass is essential for a downed aviator to find his or her way backto civilization. A flotation device is essential for a fisherman tosurvive when he or she falls off of a boat. A bandage is essential to ahunter injured accidentally in the wild. Food and water are essential toa traveler who has journeyed away from areas where those essentials areclose at hand. Data is essential to everyone needing to re-enter thedata-accessed modern world. Data is essential to everyone needing tore-establish links with others in the data-accessed modern world. Datais essential to everyone needing to avail themselves of goods andservices controlled by the data-accessed modern world such as insurance,medical history or financial assets. In the worst outcome, data isessential to identify the remains of someone who did not survive thedire circumstance and to insure speedy and proper handling of theiraffairs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A complete understanding of the present invention may be obtained byreference to the accompanying drawings, when considered in conjunctionwith the subsequent, detailed description, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a wearable personal emergencyneeds device in accordance with the invention; and

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation view of a wearable personal emergency needsdevice in accordance with the invention.

For purposes of clarity and brevity, like elements and components willbear the same designations and numbering throughout the Figures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a wearable personal emergencyneeds device.

The wearable device is a garment 1. The garment 1 can be made of cloth,plastic or other suitable material. The garment 1 can be brightlycolored for high visibility. The garment 1 can be fluorescent for nightvisibility. The garment 1 can be reflective for better detection. Inthis embodiment the garment 1 is in the form of a vest. The garment 1can be any wearable form such as a shirt, poncho, pants, sash,bandolier, coat, chaps or any other suitable to the human shape.

A device storage system 2 is attached to the garment 1. The devicestorage system 2 secures objects to the garment 1. In this embodimentthe device storage system 2 is comprised of straps and pockets. Thedevice storage system 2 can be comprised of any apparatus or combinationcapable of attaching one item to another such as velcro, clasps, belts,wires, bags, netting, cord or other fastening components.

Rescue devices 3 are secured by or in the device storage system. Therescue devices 3 can be used to save an individual or individuals indire circumstance. In this embodiment the rescue devices 3 are ropes.The rescue devices 3 can be comprised of flotation materials, whistles,light sources, breathing apparatus, communication devices or other vitalcomponents.

First aid devices and supplies 4 are secured by or in the device storagesystem 2. The first aid devices and supplies 4 can be used to treat anindividual or individual's injury or illness. In this embodiment thefirst aid devices and supplies 4 are contained in a first aid kit. Thefirst aid devices and supplies 4 can be comprised of bandages,ointments, antiseptics, antivenin, antibiotics or other healing orcuring supplies.

Survival devices and supplies 5 are secured by or in the device storagesystem 2. The survival devices and supplies 5 can be used to sustain thelife of an individual or individuals through and after direcircumstance. In this embodiment the survival devices and supplies 5 area container with food and a container with water. The survival devicesand supplies 5 can be comprised of tents, blankets, water purificationmeans, prescription medicines, or other sustenance components.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of a wearable personal emergencyneeds device.

A data storage system 6 is secured by or in the device storage system 2.The data storage system 6 can be used to allow an individual orindividuals to recover from dire circumstance with the capability tore-enter the data-driven modern world. In this embodiment the recoverydata storage device is a file folder with written data. The data storagesystem 6 can be comprised of photographic data, electronic data storagemeans, video data storage devices, or other means of recording data. Thedata storage system 6 can contain elements to protect the recovery datastorage devices from harm such as waterproofing elements, impactresistant elements, fire protection elements or other circumstancespecific to an industry, geographic area, profession or endeavor such aschemical exposure, heat, cold, light, moisture, dirt, debris, harshconditions or severe climate.

Since other modifications and changes varied to fit particular operatingrequirements and environments will be apparent to those skilled in theart, the invention is not considered limited to the example chosen forpurposes of disclosure, and covers all changes and modifications whichdo not constitute departures from the true spirit and scope of thisinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is desired to be protected byLetters Patent is presented in the subsequently appended claims.

1. A wearable personal emergency needs device for organizing andprotecting rescue devices, first aid devices and supplies, survivaldevices and supplies, and recovery data storage devices, comprising:means for organizing and protecting rescue devices, first aid devicesand supplies, survival devices and supplies, and recovery data storagedevices; means for securing objects to the wearable emergency personalneeds device, permanently connected to said means for organizing andprotecting rescue devices, first aid devices and supplies, survivaldevices and supplies, and recovery data storage devices; means forsaving an individual or individuals in dire circumstance, removablyaffixed to said means for securing objects to the wearable emergencypersonal needs device; means for treating an individual or individualsinjured or sickened during dire circumstance, removably affixed to saidmeans for securing objects to the wearable emergency personal needsdevice; means for sustaining the life of an individual or individualsthrough and after dire circumstance, removably affixed to said means forsecuring objects to the wearable emergency personal needs device; andmeans for an individual or individuals to recover from dire circumstancewith the capability to re-enter the data-driven modern world, removablyaffixed to said means for securing objects to the wearable emergencypersonal needs device.
 2. The wearable personal emergency needs devicein accordance with claim 1, wherein said means for organizing andprotecting rescue devices, first aid devices and supplies, survivaldevices and supplies, and recovery data storage devices comprises agarment.
 3. The wearable personal emergency needs device in accordancewith claim 1, wherein said means for securing objects to the wearableemergency personal needs device comprises a device storage system. 4.The wearable personal emergency needs device in accordance with claim 1,wherein said means for saving an individual or individuals in direcircumstance comprises rescue devices.
 5. The wearable personalemergency needs device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said meansfor treating an individual or individuals injured or sickened duringdire circumstance comprises a first aid devices and supplies.
 6. Thewearable personal emergency needs device in accordance with claim 1,wherein said means for sustaining the life of an individual orindividuals through and after dire circumstance comprise survivaldevices and supplies.
 7. The wearable personal emergency needs device inaccordance with claim 1, wherein said means for an individual orindividuals to recover from dire circumstance with the capability tore-enter the data-driven modern world comprises a recovery data storagesystem.
 8. A wearable personal emergency needs device for organizing andprotecting rescue devices, first aid devices and supplies, survivaldevices and supplies, and recovery data storage devices, comprising: agarment, for organizing and protecting rescue devices, first aid devicesand supplies, survival devices and supplies, and recovery data storagedevices; a device storage system, for securing objects to the wearableemergency personal needs device, permanently connected to said garment;rescue devices, for saving an individual or individuals in direcircumstance, removably affixed to said device storage system; first aiddevices and supplies, for treating an individual or individuals injuredor sickened during dire circumstance, removably affixed to said devicestorage system; survival devices and supplies, for sustaining the lifeof an individual or individuals through and after dire circumstance,removably affixed to said device storage system; and a recovery datastorage system, for an individual or individuals to recover from direcircumstance with the capability to re-enter the data-driven modernworld, removably affixed to said device storage system.
 9. A wearablepersonal emergency needs device for organizing and protecting rescuedevices, first aid devices and supplies, survival devices and supplies,and recovery data storage devices, comprising: a garment, for organizingand protecting rescue devices, first aid devices and supplies, survivaldevices and supplies, and recovery data storage devices; a devicestorage system, for securing objects to the wearable emergency personalneeds device, permanently connected to said garment; rescue devices, forsaving an individual or individuals in dire circumstance, removablyaffixed to said device storage system; first aid devices and supplies,for treating an individual or individuals injured or sickened duringdire circumstance, removably affixed to said device storage system;survival devices and supplies, for sustaining the life of an individualor individuals through and after dire circumstance, removably affixed tosaid device storage system; and a recovery data storage system, for anindividual or individuals to recover from dire circumstance with thecapability to re-enter the data-driven modern world, removably affixedto said device storage system.